A supposed Geekbench result for Apple’s unreleased M6 Pro chip has surfaced online, but there’s already a good reason not to take the numbers seriously.
Geekbench creator John Poole has told MacRumors that he found “internal inconsistencies” in the result that suggest it may not be legitimate. That’s particularly notable because Apple is already expected to skip the M6 Pro and M6 Max altogether, with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman previously reporting that the company will jump from the M5 generation to M7 for its higher-end chips.
The alleged benchmark appeared in the Geekbench 7 database and quickly caught attention because an M6 Pro would seemingly fill a gap in Apple’s current chip roadmap. But the result itself raised eyebrows among enthusiasts, with some Reddit users pointing out that its performance gains didn’t line up neatly with what has been seen from Apple’s newer silicon.
There is some context here. Apple’s regular M6 chip has already appeared in Geekbench 7, with one result showing 4,071 in single-core and 22,783 in multi-core testing. That represents gains of around 12% and 27%, respectively, over the average M5 scores listed by MacRumors.
That makes the supposed M6 Pro result harder to reconcile with the wider picture, particularly given the reports that Apple isn’t planning an M6 Pro at all. Reddit discussion around the leak has also focused on differences in clock speeds and expected CPU improvements, although those comments are speculation rather than evidence that the benchmark is genuine.
There is still a small distinction worth making: Poole’s comments don’t amount to an official confirmation that someone fabricated the result. They indicate that the benchmark contains inconsistencies that make it unreliable. Several forum users have made the same distinction, noting that “likely fake” isn’t quite the same as proving where the result came from.
For now, then, the M6 Pro remains a very questionable prospect. Apple’s current reported roadmap points towards a standard M6 for the entry-level MacBook Pro, while higher-end Macs are expected to move from M5 Pro and M5 Max to M7 Pro and M7 Max later on.
So, if you spotted that impressive-looking M6 Pro Geekbench result doing the rounds, it’s probably best not to start planning your next Mac upgrade around it just yet.
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